Are my temps Okay? i3 2120 with ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2

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Slushyspy33

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Yeah so I bought this CPU cooler and I've been worried about the temps ever since I got it.
Hardly Different from the stock cooler.

Idle:
35C-40C

Load:
60C-61C
I play alot of CPU intensive games like Battlefield 4 and WoT.
PS. I use antec formula 7 NANO DIAMOND, And i used pea installation.
 
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Please define "load". A proper thermal test is Prime95 version 26.6 Small FFT's for 10 minutes. - http://windows-downloads-center.blogspot.com/2011/04/prime95-266.html

What is your ambient temperature? It matters.

Intel's Thermal Specification (Tcase) for your i3 2120 is 69C - http://ark.intel.com/products/53426/Intel-Core-i3-2120-Processor-3M-Cache-3_30-GHz

Tcase is CPU temperature, not Core temperature.

Core temperature runs 5C higher than CPU temperature due to sensor location, so the corresponding Core temperature is 74C.

This means the at 22C Standard Ambient, Core temperatures in the mid-70's are fine for everyday real-world workloads.

CT :sol:

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Please define "load". A proper thermal test is Prime95 version 26.6 Small FFT's for 10 minutes. - http://windows-downloads-center.blogspot.com/2011/04/prime95-266.html

What is your ambient temperature? It matters.

Intel's Thermal Specification (Tcase) for your i3 2120 is 69C - http://ark.intel.com/products/53426/Intel-Core-i3-2120-Processor-3M-Cache-3_30-GHz

Tcase is CPU temperature, not Core temperature.

Core temperature runs 5C higher than CPU temperature due to sensor location, so the corresponding Core temperature is 74C.

This means the at 22C Standard Ambient, Core temperatures in the mid-70's are fine for everyday real-world workloads.

CT :sol:

 
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Well load is Battlefield 4 and I can play that for four hours straight with the cores at 100%.
Ambient temperature? Never heard of it. Where can i find it?
I have Coretemp downloaded aand it only chows core temps and core loads.
 
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I was just worried because i was reading Newegg reviews on both the thermal paste and the cooler and they said they get "100% load" with temps at 50C. So I was just worried.
 
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Slushyspy33,

You should read this Tom's Sticky: Intel Temperature Guide - http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1800828/intel-temperature-guide.html

From the Guide:

Section 2 - Ambient Temperature

Also called "room" temperature, this is the temperature measured at your computer's air intake. Standard Ambient temperature is 22C. This is a very critical measurement, because Ambient directly affects all computer temperatures. Use a trusted analog, digital or IR thermometer to measure Ambient temperature.

Here's the temperature conversions and a short scale:

Cx9/5+32=F ... or ... F-32/9x5=C ... or more simply ... an increase of 1C = an increase of 1.8F

30.0C = 86.0F Hot
29.0C = 84.2F
28.0C = 82.4F
27.0C = 80.6F
26.0C = 78.8F Warm
25.0C = 77.0F
24.0C = 75.2F
23.0C = 73.4F
22.0C = 71.6F Standard ... or ... 22.2C = 72.0F
21.0C = 69.8F
20.0C = 68.0F Cool

With conventional air or liquid cooling, no temperatures can be less than or equal to Ambient.

As Ambient temperature increases, thermal headroom and overclocking potential decreases.

So what is your ambient?

Also, gaming is not a suitable means for testing thermal performance. As has already been suggested, a proper thermal test is to run Prime95 version 26.6 Small FFT's for 10 minutes. - http://windows-downloads-center.blogspot.com/2011/04/prime95-266.html

If you really want to know what your processor's thermal performance is, then this is how it's done. Read the Temp Guide to get the details.

CT :sol:
 
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